The Draft ICT Policy

The Ministry of Education Draft ICT Policy is laudable; whether it is achievable by 2020 is left to be seen. From where we are now to where we would like to go we are a long way off. The MOE’s vision is
“To be the premier institution leading and transforming education through Information and Communications Technology.”
Mission
“To establish a technology centred infrastructure focused on enabling the education system to be responsive to the dynamic social and economic environment.”

To accomplish its vision as the society’s change agent, the MOE has embarked on bringing ICT into schools on a phased basis. Since the early 1990’s many schools have been outfitted with a single computer lab and sad to say, the status quo remains the same. We are yet to see classroom that are ICT ready where computers and projectors are provided for teaching and learning. We seem to be stuck at phase one for the past 20 years but one must not abandon hope, the Draft policy is only five years old after all. As Sabrina asked is it a myth or will it be a reality?